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>> That's preposterous. People (for the most part) don't just sit around writing fake reviews for companies they have no dealings with.

Try being a defense attorney. Try defending murderers and rapists all day. There are always more people angry at you than happy. And those that are happy with your work, the murders and rapists you help, generally keep very quiet. Those that aren't in prison are not going to be bragging online. What you will get are angry relatives and victims lashing out at anyone connected with the defense.

I used to teach a class with a public defender. He was afraid to walk alone to his car at night. It wasn't his clients. They were generally all in jail. He was afraid of the mothers of his clients' victims.



We're talking about fake glowing reviews. Who has incentive to write these?


If the firm is going to be liable for policing the fake positive reviews, anyone with an ax to grind.


Let me fix that for you. "If the firm is going to be for writing and soliciting fake positive reviews...."


Sandworm is responding to the statement that:

> People (for the most part) don't just sit around writing fake reviews for companies they have no dealings with.

And

> If fake reviews about an organization exist, they were commissioned by the organization or its associates.

That is, to a proposed standard where the mere existence of the reviews causes you legal problems as the solicitation part is presumed.




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